Ambient RF Energy-Harvesting Technologies for Self-Sustainable Standalone Wireless Sensor Platforms

Sangkil Kim; Rushi Vyas; Jo Bito; Kyriaki Niotaki; Ana Collado; Apostolos Georgiadis; Manos M. Tentzeris

doi:10.1109/JPROC.2014.2357031

Ambient RF Energy-Harvesting Technologies for Self-Sustainable Standalone Wireless Sensor Platforms

Sangkil Kim^*, Rushi Vyas, Jo Bito, Kyriaki Niotaki, Ana Collado, Apostolos Georgiadis, Manos M. Tentzeris

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Abstract

In this paper, various ambient energy-harvesting technologies (solar, thermal, wireless, and piezoelectric) are reviewed in detail and their applicability in the development of self-sustaining wireless platforms is discussed. Specifically, farfield low-power-density energy-harvesting technology is thoroughly investigated and a benchmarking prototype of an embedded microcontroller-enabled sensor platform has been successfully powered by an ambient ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) digital TV signal (512-566 MHz) where a broadcasting antenna is 6.3 km away from the proposed wireless energy-harvesting device. A high-efficiency dual-band ambient energy harvester at 915 MHz and 2.45 GHz and an energy harvester for on-body application at 460 MHz are also presented to verify the capabilities of ambient UHF/RF energy harvesting as an enabling technology for Internet of Things and smart skins applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1649-1666
Number of pages	18
Journal	Proceedings of the IEEE
Volume	102
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2014.2357031
Publication status	Published - Nov 2014

Keywords

Ambient energy harvesting
autonomous sensors
charge pump
digital TV
dual-band rectenna
embedded microcontroller
energy harvesting
power scavenging
radio-frequency (RF) energy harvesting
RF-dc conversion
ultrahigh frequency (UHF)
voltage multiplier
wireless power
PAPER SUBSTRATE
RECTENNA ARRAY
POWER TRANSFER
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
SYSTEM
BAND
TRANSMISSION
OPTIMIZATION
NETWORKS

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